2 Samuel 18:7

Contemporary English Version 1995

Battles were being fought all over the forest, and David's soldiers were winning. Twenty thousand soldiers were killed that day, and more of them died from the dangers of the forest than from the fighting itself.

Cross References

Proverbs 24:21

My children, you must respect the Lord and the king, and you must not make friends with anyone who rebels against either of them.

Proverbs 11:21

You can be sure of this: All crooks will be punished, but God's people won't.

2 Samuel 15:6

That's how he treated everyone from Israel who brought a complaint to the king. Soon everyone in Israel liked Absalom better than they liked David.

2 Samuel 2:31

But David's soldiers had killed 360 of Abner's men from the tribe of Benjamin.

2 Samuel 2:26

Abner shouted to Joab, “Aren't we ever going to stop killing each other? Don't you know that the longer we keep on doing this, the worse it's going to be when it's all over? When are you going to order your men to stop chasing their own relatives?”

2 Samuel 2:17

Then everyone started fighting. Both sides fought very hard, but David's soldiers defeated Abner and the soldiers of Israel.

Psalm 144:10

By your power, kings win wars, and your servant David is saved from deadly swords.